Total Crime Rate

97.5 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 97.5 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 31.5 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 31.5 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 15.7 9/10
  • Other theft 6.3 6/10
  • Public order 6.3 5/10
  • Burglary 3.1 3/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.1 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Chiltern Road area has the 6th highest crime rate of 29 local areas in Dunstable North , and the 143rd highest crime rate of 871 local areas in Central Bedfordshire .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Chiltern Road (LU6 1EU) in the last 12 months was 97.5 per 1,000 residents and was 61.8% higher than the Dunstable North average (60.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -88.9% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 37.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -14.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -16.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Chiltern Road (LU6 1EU), the main crime hotspot is near Chiltern Road. Police recorded 29 crimes here, including 13 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Chiltern Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (13/13)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Chiltern Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Chiltern Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Meadway Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Catchacre Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Nursery Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Nursery Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Beech Green Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Benning Avenue —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chiltern Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Brook Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Hambling Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Shepherds Croft Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chiltern Road Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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